Dataset: 1980 Bophuthatswana Census

Variable RELIGION: Religion

Literal Question

State particular religious affiliation/denomination (not name of local congregation and not "Christian" only)

Values Categories N
1 Dutch Reformed Church 139097
 9.2%
2 Reformed Church in S.A. 7937
 0.5%
3 Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in S.A. 1281
 0.1%
4 Church of the Province of S.A. 17717
 1.2%
5 Church of England in S.A. 712
 0.0%
6 Church of England (as mentioned) 10753
 0.7%
7 Anglican (as mentioned) 73736
 4.9%
8 Methodist Church of S.A. 187453
 12.4%
9 Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa 11957
 0.8%
10 United Congregational Church of Southern Africa 58904
 3.9%
11 Lutheran Churches 187020
 12.4%
12 Roman Catholic 135154
 8.9%
13 Apostolic Faith Mission of S.A. 4060
 0.3%
14 Other Apostolic Churches 2719
 0.2%
15 Baptist 14734
 1.0%
16 Pentecostal Protestant Church 2485
 0.2%
17 Faith Mission Healers 181
 0.0%
18 Full Gospel Church 8607
 0.6%
19 Greek Church 182
 0.0%
20 Mormon (Latter Day Saints) 449
 0.0%
21 Pentecostal Church 8380
 0.6%
22 Salvation Army 1201
 0.1%
23 Seventh Day Adventists 4310
 0.3%
24 South African General Mission 128
 0.0%
25 Swiss Church 9550
 0.6%
26 Assemblies of God 3828
 0.3%
27 Zion Christian Church (ZCC) 98243
 6.5%
28 Other Black Independent Churches 431703
 28.6%
29 Other Christian Churches 10308
 0.7%
30 Jewish/Hebrew 267
 0.0%
31 Buddhists 23
 0.0%
32 Confucian 24
 0.0%
33 Hindu 22
 0.0%
34 Islam 547
 0.0%
35 Other faiths 743
 0.0%
36 Objection 25146
 1.7%
37 No religion, no church (as stated) and Atheist 2820
 0.2%
38 Unsure or not answered 49621
 3.3%

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 1512002
Missing cases 0
Minimum 1.0
Maximum 38.0
Mean 17.092
Standard deviation 10.785
This variable is numeric

Download

Metadata Index

This is the Metadata Index for a Nesstar Server.
Nesstar is a tool used for analysing, visualising and downloading datasets.

Click the "Explore Dataset" button to open the dataset.